Getting First Turn

[Emuchu]

Especially in the higher leagues, people like to spam the queue in order to avoid being second player. As much as it pains me to admit it, playing second carries a distinct disadvantage, especially in maps like Long Nine and Foundry that are too humongous to adequately defend that early.

But fear not! Alex started an open call for beta testers for an upcoming patch, which contains, among other things, possible tweaks to address first-turn advantage. Hopefully, when FTA isn't as big of a deal (I think the last community tourney estimated it at around 2.5:1?), people won't feel as compelled to resort to stacking the deck, so to speak.

In the mean time, be very wary of people stacking the queue. I usually sample it two games at a time, and if I don't get matched to the same guy twice in a row, I'll start some more games up.

Although, I die a little on the inside every time I have to play Long Nine and Foundry as P2. It's almost impossible to win the latter against a competent player, I think.